Pb-free Semiconductor Ferroelectrics: A Theoretical Study of Pd-substituted Ba(Ti1-xCex)O3 Solid Solutions
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Joseph W. Bennett,1 Ilya Grinberg,1 Peter K. Davies,2 and Andrew M. Rappe1,2 1The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA Received 16 June 2010; revised manuscript received 29 September 2010; published 10 November 2010
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